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The trouble with leaf blowers is that they blow the leaves all over
the place, and can actually create a mess. The trouble with leaf
suckers is that
they're never really powerful enough to remove masses of wet leaves that are stuck in place, off the ground. Double Barrelled Leaf
Gun solves both
problems with one device. Here's how it
works:
Barrel one delivers a pulsating jet of flame heated air to dislodge
the leaves,
whilst its partner twin barrel delivers a pulsating suction action,
timed to alternate with the first barrel's blowing action. This results in
leaves
dislodged by barrel one being quickly sucked up by barrel two.
Prior art
http://www.mad-web....ojects/lockwood.jpg
Device that sucks air in, combusts a charge to create a heated air jet and repeats the cycle. [TomP, Nov 08 2015]
Pulse_20Jet_20Leaf_20Blower
[FlyingToaster, Nov 08 2015]
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[+] for Idea + [TomP]'s link. |
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+ to one of tomp's ideas as well... |
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Marketing a device that blows and sucks and involves flame, would interesting but a bit tricky. |
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The pile of leaves I raked up yesterday was dry on top and sloppy wet below. Both a fire, and a slip n fall hazard. With a bad prototype of your device I could have set the house on fire and broke my back. + |
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Just make both barrels squirt flame. That's all that's required. |
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/Both a fire, and a slip n fall hazard./ |
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Bad if you slip n fall into the flaming pile. You would need to burrow down to extinguish flaming parts, but this then exposes other parts to the flame. |
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You would have to gamble that pointing the blower/sucker at yourself would blow you out. But it might just fan the flame. |
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Ah, the yin and yang of yardwork. |
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I think I would look like a superhero if I carried this around to
rake up the leaves. Love + |
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We would rather look like a Supervillain (as long as there are no fluffy white cats involved*) |
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*Except as victims, of course. |
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I wonder if you arranged the blower such that the air blew down your pant legs if you could just walk around in a purposeful manner and the leaves would scatter from you? |
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Sort of like the women do when I go to the bar. It might be the roaring leafblower in my pants. |
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I already have a double-barrelled leaf blower. His
name is Jonas Parker-Symns. |
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Wasn't that Miss Penelope's chauffeur ? |
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Excellent xenzag. An idea that both sucks & blows! I knew you had it in you! |
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